Oh, Do Let's Just All Shoot Each Other Over Every Little Thing, Shall We?

Oh, Do Let's Just All Shoot Each Other Over Every Little Thing, Shall We?by Abby Zimet

Sorry: It's one of those Idiots With Guns days. Raul Rodriguez, a retired firefighter in Texas, is on trial for killing elementary school teacher Kelly Danaher and wounding two others after he confronted them about their party's loud music. Rodriquez claims he was just “standing my ground” - albeit on their property, after he baited and threatened them. Incredibly, he videotaped the entire incident; even more incredibly, he seems to think the chilling evidence will help his case. Scary in countless ways.

“I’m telling you, I’m telling you, stop, I said stop right now or I will shoot you!"

4. Correct. They're just defending his "right" to wave his gun around because he doesn't like something

Are there ANY gun owners out there any more who can manage to own them without threatening their family or friends or neighbors without due cause? I am beginning to wonder.

My dad owned guns but you never saw him with one except when he was hunting or going to target practice. He knew better than to use them to bully people, but then he was an old school gentleman and not some frothing-at-the-mouth Second Amendment obsessive.

39. Oh great

You are going to give me advice on gun ownership as though I have an addiction. I suppose it could be for some people, I'm just not one of them. Please don't think you are qualified to advise me on who my friends should be, OK. You never fail to make me laugh Hoyt.

37. hehe - I'm sure there was a double, or even triple,

entendre at play. The 'bang, bang, shoot, shoot,' tends to support the literal interpretation of 'gun' I think.

It's all subverting the "Happiness Is" bullshit from the time period, using the 'doo-wop' vocal style (think I have that right, but I could be wrong) to do it. Same way they use parody of Beach Boys' stylings in "Back in the USSR"

42. In my view, it's not the gun that's the main problem. It's anger...

and lack of control.

There seem to be a lot of very angry men these days, particularly white men. They seem not to be able to control their anger at all. They snap, lash out, whatever you call it. In cartoons, smoke comes out of the top of the cartoon character's head.